Properties Command
Displays information about items under version control.
Required Permissions
To use the properties command, you must have the Read permission set to Allow for all specified files and folders. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.
tf properties [/server:servername] [/recursive]
itemspec [/version:versionspec] [/workspace]
Parameters
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
servername |
The user-provided value for the /server option. Example: http://teamfoundation2:8080. |
Itemspec |
Identifies the files and folders that are specified for property retrieval. For more information about how Team Foundation Server parses itemspecs to determine which items are within scope, see Command-Line Options. |
Versionspec |
Provides a value such as C3 for the /version option. For more information about how Team Foundation Server parses a version specification to determine which items are within its scope, see Command-Line Syntax (Team System). |
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
/server |
Identifies the Team Foundation Server. |
/recursive |
Displays all files and subfolders of a folder. |
/version |
Specifies the version of the file to open for viewing the properties on. |
/workspace |
Indicates the workspace to be used when displaying the "local" properties (such as location on disk). |
Remarks
The properties command displays several pieces of information about a version-controlled item. Local and server information is listed separately.
Property Name |
Description |
|---|---|
Local path |
Indicates the local path of the workspace folder for the specified item. |
Changeset |
Indicates the version number of the file or folder that was last retrieved to the current workspace using the Get Command. |
Change |
Indicates where a change is pending. |
Type |
Indicates the item type, for example file. |
Server path |
Indicates the full path of the item on the version control server. |
Changeset |
Indicates the version number of the item. |
Deletion ID |
If the item is deleted, the deletion identification; otherwise 0. |
Lock |
Indicates the type of lock.
|
Lock Owner |
Indicates the person who set a check-in lock. |
Last modified |
Indicates the date and time stamp for when the item was last modified. |
Type |
Indicates the item type, for example file. |
File Type |
Displays the file type encoding. For example, Windows-1252. |
Size |
Indicates the size of the file in bytes. |
For links to other Team Foundation commands that describe the items on the server and the workspaces that map to the server, see Informational Commands.
For more information on how to find the tf command-line utility, see Tf Command-Line Utility Commands.
Examples
The following example displays properties information about the file 314.cs.
c:\projects>tf properties 314.cs
The following example displays the properties of the working folder c:\projects\objects.
c:\projects>tf properties objects
See Also
Tasks
How to: View Version Control File and Folder Properties
Concepts
Reference
Command-Line Syntax (Team System)